BOTANICAL NEAYS. 167 
millions of seedlings, which would supply upwards of 10,000 acres. In thirty 
or forty years the Kohistan of th^ Piinjaub and of the^^orth-Western Provinces 
might produce tea equal in quantity to the whole export trade of Cliina, With 
good cultivation and good land, 300 lbs. of tea per acre might be eiisily ob- 
tained. — Extracts from Botanical Correspondence. Communicated by Mr. John 
Sadler. — The following office-bearers for 1861-65 were elected : — President : 
Alexander Dickson, M.D, Vice-Presidents: Professor Alhnan; Humphrey 
Graham, WS.; Walter Elliot; Professor Balfour. Council: F. Naylor ; 
Findlay Anderson ; John Erk, M.D, ; William Seller, M.D. ; James M*Nab ; 
Charles Jenner ; Andrew Inglis, M.D. ; P. B. W. White, M.D. ; S. C. Mac- 
kenzie, M.D. ; William Gorrie. Honorary Secretary : Kobert Kaye Greville, 
LL.D. Honorary Curator: The Professor of Botany. Foreign Secretary: 
Professor Maclagan. Auditor: William Brand, W.S. Treasurer: Patrick 
Neill Fraser. Artist: Neil Stewart. Vice-Secretary and Curator: John 
Sadler. 
January 12^^. — The following communications were read : — 1. Account of 
Excursions to the Mountains at the head of Loch Lomond, to Ben Lawers 
and the Sow of Athole, in August and September, 1864. Bj Professor 
Balfour. Among the more interesting plants noticed were: Sagina nii^alis^ 
on Binnain, along with Draha nipe-stris^ Carex va^mala, and Poli/podmm 
alpestre; on Ben Voirlich ail the ordinary alpine species were collected. 
On August 20th Dr. Balfour visited the mountain called the Sow of AthoJe 
and gathered on it Ph^Uodoce ccertilea^ Azalea procnmhens^ Lt/copoditon an- 
notinum^ Cornns suecica, and other alpine plants. On 25th August he made 
an excursion to Ben Lawers, and found abundance of Sagina nivalis on the 
spot where he had gatliered the plant in lSi7. He also picked Saxifraga 
cermia^ Draha rtipestris, and numerous other alpine species. — 2. Notice 
of Dilivaria illcifolia, Juss., sent from Old Calabar by Mr. Hewan, and 
now flowering in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. By Professor Balfour. 
Dr. Balfom* agreed with Dr. Anderson in thinking that it cannot be separated 
from Acanthus.— 3. Notice of Rosa alpina, Deseglise, found naturalized near 
Perth. By F. B. AV. White, M.D. Dr. White gathered this Rose in the depth 
of the woods, on Kinnoul Hill, near Pertli, where it seems to have fairly esta* 
hlished itself. The plant is not imcommon on tlie Continent. 
Fehrnarj/ 9^^.— Professor Balfour, V.P., in the chair. The following com- 
munications were read : — 1. Contributions to the Flora of Otago, New Zealand. 
By W, Lauder Lindsay, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.L.S. The author gare an account 
of the collections of plants made by him in the settled districts between 
Dunedin, the capital of the province of Otago, and the Clutha river. He men- 
tioned five new species : — Viscum Lindsai/i^ Celmisia Lindsat/i, Poa Lindsayi^ 
AcipJiylla Colensoi^ Crepis Novo-Zelandica, and exhibited drawings of them. 
There were also fire species which had not been previously found in Otago. 
2. Eemarks on some Seedling Coni/ercB, raised from Seeds ripened in Britain. 
By Mr. M*Nab. Professor Balfour called attention to the observations of 
Mohl and others, relative to the self-fertilization of the flowers of Oxalisj Viola, 
Specularia^ Impatiens^ Fumaria^ etc. In these cases fertilization takes place 
